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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1888
Page
2
In a year end exhortation Americus pledges cheerful progress for 1888. The piece urges backing a new hotel, notes the citys natural advantages as a health resort, and calls for unity to push development including a hotel, a cotton factory, and a street railroad. It urges residents to roll up their sleeves and build.
The piece traces the Democratic party as longer than the Union, born in opposition to opressive taxation, the war for Independence, and equal rights. It contrasts rivals like Federalists, Whigs, and Republicans, noting postwar struggles, with Cleveland’s era and tariff reform as key touchpoints and an enduring party identity.
The Savannah Times opines on North Carolina Senate race dynamics and predicts Georgia politics favor Governor Brown as the next governor, with Gordon inelig to seek another term and Colquitt fixed for six years. It notes Stockton’s novel impact and a fictional War Dept shift via a serialized Collier’s Once A Week feature.
An obituary-esque fragment laments a mother who has laid away a child lost to teething complications. It contrasts sorrow with a touted remedy theme, citing Dr Biggera Huckleberry Cordial and Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy as lifesaving or preventive options against coughs and consumption.
Season brings stomach distress after eating fruit or vegetables. The reader is advised to relieve the condition immediately with Dr. Biggera's Huckleberry Cordial. The tone mirrors old time remedies and promotes a specific product as a rapid cure.
A mother endures sleepless nights watching her baby suffer from teething effects, as she asks why no relief comes, and suggests trying Dr Biggera Huckleberry for aid.
New York notes the funeral of Confederate General Charles G Dahlgren, brother of Union admiral John A Dahlgren. His body rests in Green-Wood vault before final interment at his Natchez, Mississippi home. He died aged seventy nine after a long, active career and strong willpower.
A peddler fled a threatening house near Maquoketa enduring two nights in the woods with frozen feet and exhaustion. Talbert Streets, intoxicated and driving a team, was thrown from the wagon and killed as he continued home. Streets, about 60, left a wife and twenty children.
A powerful wind storm swept through Preriers Buna on December 21 bringing heavy rain. Damage was greatest in Hicksford Greenville County where many buildings lost their roofs and several houses were blown down. Train travelers report the Appomattox River rising rapidly with Farmville flooding feared as the water nears the wharves.
A New York report claims Henry Villard formed a syndicate with $8,000,000 capital to acquire and run a broad range of electrical patents including Edison lighting and stock ticket services. The goal is a vast electrical trust that would freeze out competing firms. Villard denies talking for publication and calls the tale untrue. The Georgia item notes a party leaving Wassroton via the Piedmont route with Senator Colquitt among attendees.
A fragmentary report notes ex President Hayes seen with General at a former foreign mission, mention of Inptamarouss December 91 and Special. The text is garbled but indicates Hayes involvement in a diplomatic assignment and a wartime context.
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